*don't see this anywhere else in recent history* Which metal band has the best name?

To this day, and I say this despite learning a multitude of seriously kick ass extreme metal band names which might be loads of times better, I've always seen 'Saint Vitus' as a bard-arse name. And why can't Black Sabbath be included? To my ears, all the other bands out there are trying to replicate the sheer brilliance of this one. Black Sabbath. What more needs to be said? You don't even have to hear any of their music to realize where this band is coming from.But I see my pick (save Sabbath) as purely kick-starter.

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Kreator just always sounded metal as fuck to me, also fitting of their sound. So I guess I'll go with that. Also, even though I am not a big fan (but do like them), I also like the name Insomnium somehow. It just sounds kind of mysterious and in a way also gloomy, fitting their sound pretty well.

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I named a praying mantis "Dio" after Dio, because he is awesome (the mantis is cool too). I even brought Dio the mantis to a metal show... so I can honestly say I was at a metal show with Dio.

Simple but effective names are where it's at for me. Ghoul, Atheist, and Incantation are cool as all can be in my opinion. Twilightning's was also pretty darn clever.Props to Metallica, too. Theirs is just a name that's fun to say.

I can't help but think that Metallica have one of the best names in the genre. They're not really worthy of the name now, but during their early years, that name told someone exactly what to expect when they listened to their music. It's the perfect thrash metal band name.

I also want to say My Dying Bride is the perfect name for that band. It may sound cheesy to someone not familiar with them, but being a fan since the 90s I can say it has fit their music and imagery perfectly over the band's entire history.

A lot of my personal favorites have already been mentioned, but you gotta say,

Megadeth is pretty cool. I know the meaning of Megadeth now, but when I was a few years younger I would always say a really crazy-like death (Like being run over by a train or something) was a 'megadeth'.

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Deiphago, nuff said, I also think Mortician has the "simple but effective" vote for me, wait no, Venom wins that.Although when you get into biblical quotes or religious stuff I shit my pants, Gnaw their Tongues, Satanic Warmaster, Behemoth, Sodom, shit just match's metal perfectly.I'm gonna go ahead and throw Motorhead and Destroyer 666 at this too, not only do their names look like ungodly kickass as patch's but the names, despite having very little to no real description of the music, perfectly conjure up what your gonna hear.Oh but I think the one that wins out right for me... Dragged into Sunlight.

The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza is an awesome name given the image that it conjures up.

In all seriousness, I'd have to go with Exodus because the name could be taken to mean "departure". As someone who had (to my shame) gotten into thrash metal because of Metallica, finding out about Exodus and listening to their songs was definitely a "departure" for me when I first started listening to them.

Armored Saint, soooo fucking metal. I really like Battlecross too, something about "something christian + something metal" (doesn't have to be offensive or blasphemous even) I guess.Sonata Arctica is perfect for what they do, you hear the name of the band and you already know how they sound.

Candlemass, definitely. Just sounds mysterious, mystical, and ancient. I've always liked Watchtower too. Black Sabbath is an obvious pick, and it's fitting that the first heavy metal band ever got dibs on it. Fates Warning is also a cool band name, but I don't know if part of the reason is that I love them so much.

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I'm not the biggest God Dethroned fan (only seriously enjoy their last two records), but I always believed their name to be one of the most badass around. I mean, just say it out loud. No, not that way. Say it with conviction. There, it feels mighty, doesn't it?

Another one I really like is Deep Purple. It rolls off the tongue, and it conjures cool psychodelic imagery, which is curiously far from the band's brand of proggy, rather scorching hard rock. Oh, and Thiestru mentioned Fates Warning, and while it's indeed a really cool name, it always bothered me in the sense that I just think an apostrophe should go between the "e" and the "s". Yes, I know bands can spell their names in any way they please, but Fates Warning's name simply seems off to me.

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MutantClannfear wrote:

I love that the reviews for the new Dying Fetus get abbreviated on the front page of MA as "Wrong One to Fuck..." Sounds like a remorseful concept album dealing with John Gallagher's experiences with STIs.

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napalm death, slayer, carcass, blood duster, skuldom [nz band] mastodon puny human all sound cool to meslayer is probably my favourite sounding though that and sadistik exekutionsometimes i feel like a cool name is wasted on a band that just aren't heavy/good enough for their name